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Anonymous
September 26, 2006
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tinyurl (small url, short url) script

  • September 26, 2006
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Hi all,

Has anyone out there developed a tinyurl script that runs on cf? There are several version availble out there for php, but my ISP's set up has CF and PHP mutually-exclusive from each other on the same server. Basically, I want to be able to turn an URL like http://www.mydomain.com/query.cfm?id=54687856456454545645645624564564234544sd54fdsfw5e4r6542654456234w5434 into http://www.mydomain.com/123.

Can anyone please help? Thank you very much.

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    Anonymous
    September 26, 2006
    Check out the tinyURL cfc.
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    Anonymous
    September 26, 2006
    MikerRoo,

    Thank you for the reply. Will it return an URL with the tinyurl.com domain name or my own domain name?

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    Anonymous
    September 26, 2006
    It uses tinyurl.com.

    It should be pretty simple to roll your own tiny url generator: You just need one DB table and two functions.

    Keep in mind that studies show it is usually better to use short, understandable urls like: http://mysite.com/history/sernum/1234?page=2 .


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